Fans of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" might be surprised to learn that April O'Neil, the Turtles' brave and plucky reporter friend, started her existence as a scientist and lab assistant. The character was first introduced in 1984 as a computer programmer who worked for Baxter Stockman, an engineer who built specialized robots that could burrow into bank vaults. April eventually gave Stockman the slip and was rescued by the Turtles. She opened up an antique shop and later retired to a farmhouse in Massachusetts. At no point during these adventures was she a journalist.
It wouldn't be until the 1987 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" animated series that April (Renae Jacobs) would become a reporter, often investigating otherworldly phenomena and alerting the sewer-bound adolescents to any interdimensional or criminal malfeasance. In the animated series, April was rarely seen without a banana-yellow jumpsuit, a look that eventually became a hallmark of the character. In the 1990 live-action feature film,...
It wouldn't be until the 1987 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" animated series that April (Renae Jacobs) would become a reporter, often investigating otherworldly phenomena and alerting the sewer-bound adolescents to any interdimensional or criminal malfeasance. In the animated series, April was rarely seen without a banana-yellow jumpsuit, a look that eventually became a hallmark of the character. In the 1990 live-action feature film,...
- 8/8/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
I hate to get technical but the first and original April O’Neil was Renae Jacobs, as she voiced the animated character starting in 1987, but Judith Hoag is most definitely the original live-action April O’Neil and despite not being much of a fighter in the first live action movie she had the attitude and personality of the popular reporter and longtime friend of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles down pat. Can anyone believe it’s been 30 years since that movie came out? It doesn’t feel like yesterday thankfully, but that time still flies quickly as things continue to move forward.
Tmnt Virtual Pizza Party Being Hosted by Original April O’Neil...
Tmnt Virtual Pizza Party Being Hosted by Original April O’Neil...
- 5/6/2020
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
Nickelodeon is gearing up for their Halloween with their spooktacular line-up of spine-tingling adventures with brand new-episodes of Sanjay and Craig, Breadwinners, Rabbids Invasion and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which kicks off this Friday (October 17th) and runs through Saturday (October 18th). They've released a new clip for the Tmnt episode, entitled "Buried Secrets", in which the team finds some Very interesting things buried under April O'Neil's house! In the episode, “Buried Secrets,” the team discovers a Kraang ship buried under April’s house where they find… April’s mom! But as April reconnects with her lost mother, is she really all that she seems? Renae Jacobs, who voiced April O’Neil in the original animated series, guest stars in a surprise role. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "Buried Secrets" airs Friday, Oct. 17, at 8:00p.m. (Et/Pt)...
- 10/14/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
Cosplayer: Ani-Mia * Photographer: Ron Gejon Photography Click Here! More Images at Aggressive Comix She made her first appearance in the Mirage Comics storyline in 1984 as a computer programmer. She was later portrayed as a news reporter in the Turtles' first animated series, as a warrior in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures comic produced by Archie Comics, and afterwards had various personas in different Tmnt media. April was first represented on film in the 1987 Tmnt animated series as a strong-willed reporter voiced by Renae Jacobs. She has since been played by actresses such as Judith Hoag, Paige Turco and Megan Fox. Her usual love interest is Casey Jones. - wiki...
- 2/7/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
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